kpù
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
covering
Active verblose flavour; be without flavour and go sour (of ògìlì ofe ); become bad Ògìli à kpùlù èkpù This ògìlì is sour
Active verbbe plentiful (i.e. as common as òkwu in a village)
Active verbhold, carry (in mouth); sip
Active verbsmoothing; shaving; scraping
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O kpùrù ite ahụ ákwà n'ụtụtụ.
— She covered that pot with cloth in the morning.
Kpùnụ ite ahụ ka ijiji ghara ịbanye.
— Cover that pot so flies do not enter.
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